Silicon Photonics Design Engineer

IntelliPro; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IntelliPro is seeking an experienced Silicon Photonics Design Engineer to join a growing R&D team in Singapore. You will contribute to cutting-edge silicon photonics devices and PIC development for high-speed applications.

The role requires a PhD in Electrical Engineering with strong silicon photonics research, hands-on foundry PDK experience, and proficiency with industry simulation tools. Collaboration across design, packaging, and testing will be essential.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field with strong silicon photonics research experience.
• Strong understanding of silicon photonic devices, integrated photonics and optical device physics.
• Hands-on experience with photonic foundry tape-outs and photonic PDKs.
• Proficiency with simulation tools (Lumerical, Ansys HFSS, Silvaco).

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize passive and active photonic devices (couplers, splitters, phase shifters, modulators).
• Develop photonic devices and PICs for high-speed optical transceivers and optical switching.
• Perform optical/electrical simulations and develop models to evaluate performance.
• Develop device and PIC layouts for foundry tape-out and coordinate fabrication flow.
• Collaborate with silicon photonics foundries to evaluate new processes and technologies.
• Characterize devices optically and electrically; analyze results and drive improvements.
• Contribute to architecture and development of large-scale PICs.
• Work with cross-functional R&D teams across design, packaging and testing.

Skills

Photonic device physics

Silicon photonics

Python

MATLAB

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Lumerical MODE/FDTD/CHARGE

Ansys HFSS

Silvaco

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Silicon Photonics Design Engineer to join our client's growing R&D team in Singapore. You will contribute to the development of cutting edge silicon photonics devices.

Key Responsibilities

• Device Development: Design and optimize high-performance passive and active photonic devices, including couplers, splitters, polarization splitters/rotators, MUX/DEMUX, phase shifters, photodetectors and modulators.
• Develop photonic devices and PICs for applications including high-speed optical transceivers, co-packaged optics (CPO) and optical switching.
• Simulation & Modelling: Perform optical/electrical device simulations and develop numerical models to evaluate and optimize device performance.
• PIC Layout & Tape-out: Develop device and PIC layouts for foundry tape-out and coordinate the design-to-fabrication process.
• Foundry & Process Development: Work closely with silicon photonics foundries to evaluate and develop new processes and device technologies for next-generation photonic platforms.
• Device Characterization: Perform optical and electrical characterization, analyze measurement results, identify root causes and drive design improvements.
• Contribute to the architecture, design, integration and development of large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional R&D teams across device design, IC design, packaging, testing and product development.

Requirements

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related fields, with strong research experience in silicon photonics.
• Strong understanding of silicon photonic devices, integrated photonics and optical device physics.
• Hands-on experience with photonic foundry tape-outs and photonic PDKs.
• Proficiency with relevant simulation tools such as Lumerical MODE/FDTD/CHARGE, Ansys HFSS and/or Silvaco.
• Experience with Python and/or MATLAB for device modelling, simulation and data analysis.
• Experience in the design, fabrication and characterization cycle of photonic devices or PICs.
• Exposure to quantum photonics, optical computing or other emerging photonic technologies would be advantageous.

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